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Can I get a Rewind!!!!

Richard Klamrzynski | Atlanta, GA USA | 11/23/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you've been keeping up with the whole "This is Jungle Sky" series, get ready to be suprised. It seems almost impossible, but the Jungle Sky crew does it again. "This is Jungle Sky Vol 7 - Jah Nezah" is a double cd set that will have you on the dance floor calling for the rewind. The first disk, titled "Hip Step Disc," sucessfully manages to combine hip-hop elements with solid, no-gimmick drum and bass. Original tracks from Ming + FS and tracks featuring T.C. Islam make up this disk, not those drum and bass remixes of already popular "rap" titles we've all heard a billion times before. The second disk, "Liquid Step Disc," is all Jungle Sky doing what they've always done and taking drum and bass to the next level. This CD is an excellent CD to add to anybody's drum and bass collection, or a good CD to begin building one with!"

How much do you care about the US Jungle scene?

Bruce Wayne | 11/01/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Alright, check this out. Whatever the hell this guy from Ft. Collins is talking about, you shouldn't listen to. Firstly, I lived in Washington DC for a few years, so I know my music, plus I've been producing for 3 years, and Djing. I have seen Soulslinger live, and he and TC Izlam are possibly one of the best sets I've ever seen...most definately in my top 10. I have also seen Ming + FS, who are on this album, and they are just as amazing. Here's what I can't stand...people who are obviously not into many sounds of the genre make their comments, and ruin it for the average possible buyer. If it were ANY OTHER album, I probably wouldn't even care, but I had to say something here.Soulslinger is honestly one of the hardest working people in US Jungle, and has given his whole life and career to the scene, especially when you note the fact that he is now in his mid-50s. Because of people like the aforementioned critic, Jungle Sky has now fallen apart, which was around before Breakbeat Science, might I add. If anyone in their right mind gives a care about US Jungle, you'll forget what that guy said, and buy this CD, and anything else from Jungle Sky, especially 1.8.7.'s releases.Not saying that this is a CD you should buy out of sympathy...its pretty damn good. The hip-step (1st disc) is actually pretty tight. Tracks 2 (by Hive) and 10 (Odi & G-Force) are my favorites, and hit VERY hard (the bass on 2 might blow your system, if its good). The 2nd disc is just NASTY, the track by Reid Speed and FS (S.I.M.P.L.O.T.) is insane, plus the Ezra Opt (Suspect) and Burner Brothers (Spit Fire) tracks. Bottom line. If you remotely like the US SOUND, buy this."

Not enough silver lining on the dark clouds in this Sky

deephymn | Fort Collins, CO USA | 02/07/2001

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I picked this up because it seemed like a good price for a double-CD compilation. Unfortunately, it's not a good deal if the majority of the content is mediocre, which for my taste it is. This collection contains full songs, not mixed together, but with very little space inbetween, so the flow is almost unbroken. In the liner notes, Soul Slinger proffers some dubious philosophy.Disc 1, the "Hip Step Disc", consists of alright rapping, excessive cussing, and almost nothing of redeeming value. Yellow Note's "The World Is A Jungle (Livia's Philosophy)" is the gleaming exception, based on some nifty reggae samples. Some other tracks are okay, like "Mirror Image" by Dstar featuring MC Steele, but most of the songs tested my endurance.The "Liquid Step Disc" is markedly better than the first disc. The music is not spectacular, but it sometimes toys with interesting ideas. For instance, in the last track DRUM FM sets Johann Sebastian Bach's "double violin concerto in D minor" to frenetic beats topped with bleeps and bloops. And in "Spit Fire", the Burner Bros. deliver a pleasing concoction of jazzy "intelligent jungle" with classic drum & bass energy.Overall, though, the bad tracks outweigh the good on this 2CD set."